Rent Nikon photography gear and accessories in Bangalore @ Prem Sagar's blog

Rent Nikon photography gear and accessories in Bangalore

Posted on February 11th, 2011 premsagar 22 comments
An experiment.

I don’t expect it to make me money, but am kinda curious to see the response for peer-to-peer rentals in this market.

I know a much respected friend / mentor of mine who tried and didn’t get a good response with rentals. And I know at least one travel company that rents out stuff, but heard a few grudges against them being too corporatized with rules and clauses and other blah, blah.

Peer-to-peer ecosystem

I am just curious here. Will a peer-to-peer rental system focussed on a closed group of friends and only friends of friends renting their stuff at slightly advantageous prices compared to the commercial renters work?

Perhaps, it might be easier in terms of overheads as the entire system is built on confidence (commercial renters have to use insurance / scrutiny / verification / higher rates to be confident and that is an overhead). Making money is important, but connecting with the community and being part of an ecosystem that you can depend on for your next equipment requirement or for that matter, anything under the sun, is important.

The whole idea is to create a pool of equipment and help bring down the cost of the community as a whole. In the process, a few renters make money and a few rentees save money. Is that win-win? Will it work?

While I certainly have my doubts about equipment handling by others, of late I have this feeling that people respect other’s equipment better than their own. I hope it turns out to be true.

Please feel free to pass on the information to your friends.

UPDATE:

After seeing quite a lot of requests, I have now started renting lenses through www.Tapprs.com, a peer-to-peer travel and photography rental platform. You can rent my lenses, books, sleeping bag, bicycle, filters and more out from this link. Also, you could put your own travel and photography equipment on rent for a decent daily rental fee there.

Please visit www.Tapprs.com for more info.
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21 responses to “Rent Nikon photography gear and accessories in Bangalore”
- Rashmi February 11th, 2011 at 09:34
  
  doing my bit thru http://www.myshutterspace.com
- Anand February 11th, 2011 at 10:22
  
  Nice, I can get some lens right next door now
  One thing I have observed in most of rentals is not having filters, it will be a nice extra touch to give the lenses for rent along with some use full common filters, like polarizer and ND for wide angles.
- premsagar February 11th, 2011 at 11:44
  
  Filters are a good idea.. but tough to handle in a rental as they aren’t as rugged as these lenses.
  
  And I am absolutely possesive abt my Singh Ray GND and BW Kaemann polarizer .
  
  Btw, on a wide angle at say 10mm, a polariser would produce a very varied sky as the area of polarization is too much and the sky would look weird.
- premsagar February 11th, 2011 at 11:46
  
  @Rashmi: Didn’t get you. Did you mean you already do peer-peer transactions through myshutterspace?
- Kalyan Varma February 11th, 2011 at 13:11
  
  Prem,
  Great to see you kicking this off. The prices look great and will surely recommend this to all the people in the workshops as well.
  
  But just a note : most of often than not, people want to hire gear which either is too expensive for them to buy or is not available. I personally would like to see things which I cannot get easily.. from camera traps, good filters, litepanel lights, underwater casing etc.
  
  The other bit is people who travel only 10 days a year and do not want to invest on a big 500mm lens just for it. Anyway hope this takes off and will get you enough funds to get some of the bigger lenses.
  
  and I would like to have a D3s which I could rent once in a while
  
  Kalyan
- Avi February 11th, 2011 at 14:20
  
  Prem, This one is really interesting and quite bold!
  
  Believe it or not, i have been fancying this same idea for few years but could not get around to push myself into making it real!!
  
  Wish you best of luck!
- premsagar February 11th, 2011 at 14:30
  
  Thanks for the comment Kalyan. Good to see your opinion… helps a lot.
  
  The actual idea is to create a platform where people can rent their equipment to their peer circle. The idea is not to be corporatised, but create a friendly community of renters and rentee’s.
  
  If the idea works out to be minimally viable, I would be willing to get a few long lenses and other accessories too, which I need myself anyways.
  
  If I have your permission, will mention that you have a D3s on rent too.
- premsagar February 11th, 2011 at 14:32
  
  @Avinash: Thanks for the comment.
  
  Yup, I know quite a few friends who want to rent their equipment.
  
  That is exactly where I want to help. Create a platform for people to rent their stuff to their immediate and next to immediate circle!
  
  The more people come forward, the more sooner that is going to happen!
- Sandeep February 11th, 2011 at 16:13
  
  Hey Good to see this Prem. Although not happy that i now have to pay you which i’d earlier have borrowed
  
  The prices are a huge plus, but be careful who you’d hand it over to. The key in rental is insurance, which i don’t think you have for your gear.
  
  Will pass the info around.
- premsagar February 12th, 2011 at 02:35
  
  @Sandeep: Thanks dude.. Actually, this is just an experiment… just checking how this platform thingy can be shaped up.. a rental service is not in mind unless I am convinced of the viability of such a venture.. which I am not as of now.
- Sameer February 13th, 2011 at 10:47
  
  Way.To.Go!
- sathya vagale February 15th, 2011 at 10:47
  
  Hi there,Do you have 500mm and/or 600mm lens?
- Arun February 15th, 2011 at 10:50
  
  Good start Prem. Happy to help, if there is anyway I can.
- premsagar February 15th, 2011 at 16:39
  
  @Sathya: Sorry. No 500/600 mm lenses.
- premsagar February 15th, 2011 at 16:40
  
  Thanks Arun… how was your Zanskar trek?
- Vijay Mohan Raj February 16th, 2011 at 09:21
  
  I like this idea, peer to peer with respect, infact over the years I have been doing this sharing ranging from underwater casings, camera traps, big lens, wide angles, few DSLRs.
  
  If collectively we could pool and add to this, everyone could get something he or she wants.
  
  Sadly, I do it only for conservation projects.
- premsagar February 17th, 2011 at 09:28
  
  @ VMR : Nice to see your comment here. Have a lot of respect for the work you do.
  
  Let us see how this works out. Might contact you for advice as to how you manage it w.r.t conservation projects and how you deal with equipment repairs, etc.
  
  Thanks for dropping by!
- vinay March 13th, 2011 at 13:21
  
  can i have ur contact number!!i need the 70-300mm!!nd the filter!!can i pls contact u!
- premsagar March 22nd, 2011 at 01:06
  
  Vinay,
  I had replied to you on the email ID given.
- Ananth July 25th, 2011 at 13:39
  
  The URL published above aint working –
  
  Please check – http://tapprs.com/2011/03/23/nikon-lens-rental-bangalore/
- premsagar July 25th, 2011 at 14:56
  
  Thanks Ananath. Corrected now.
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